Jun 30, 2009 07:06
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What is the plural form of "son of a bitch"?

English Art/Literary Linguistics
What is the plural form of "son of a bitch"?

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Jun 30, 2009 18:58: Denyce Seow changed "Language pair" from "English to Chinese" to "English"

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sons of bitches

I guess this was actually an English-only question and you sent it to a wrong board.

You can check the following options in Google. The answer is obviously "sons of bitches":

"sons of a bitch": 15,900 results
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&num=100&newwindow=1&q="sons of ...

"son of bitches": 25,000 results
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&num=100&newwindow=1&q="son of b...

"sons of bitches": 288,000 results
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&num=100&newwindow=1&q="sons of ...

The last one is obviously the most reasonable one. Google searches are only a confirmation.
Peer comment(s):

agree erisu
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agree Jim Tucker (X)
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agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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agree Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
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agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Using this word, you don't mean any particular son of any particular bitch (unless you are a dog breeder).
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English term (edited): son of a bitch

婊子的儿子

son of a bitch = 婊子的儿子,引申为婊子养的,混蛋的意思

what is the plural form of "son of a bitch"?
sons of bitches (both plural form) - 用来骂许多人
sons of the bitch (only son in plural form) - 用来骂同母兄弟
Peer comment(s):

agree erisu : In my opinion, "sons of a bitch" works a bit better for brothers with the same mother. Unless you have a specific "bitch" in mind, in which you would use "sons of the bitch"(where it feels like you are cursing the mother more so than the sons).
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agree lbone
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